Age-at-death estimation based on the macroscopic examination of Spheno-occipital sutures

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 304-308

  Akhlaghi, Mitra ^a   Taghaddosinejad, Fakhredin ^a   Sheikhazadi, Ardeshir ^a   Valizadeh, Behzad ^b   Rezazadeh Shojaei, Seyed Mohsen ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Legal Medicine Organization of Iran   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age; Identification; Spheno occipital suture; Synchondrosis; Tehran

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHENO OCCIPITAL SUTURE; SPHENOID;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID BONE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956482256     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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